What the Mount Polley tailings disaster has to teach us to protect the Nashwaak from the Sisson mine

One of the world’s largest tailing dams is proposed to be constructed in the upper Nashwaak River Valley as part of the proposed Sisson mine operation. With catastrophic mine waste spills on the rise and a failure of the Sisson mine’s permitting process to examine the possibility of a tailings breach, there is reason to worry about the future of the Nashwaak Watershed. Read the story here.

Programme 9:30 – Welcome and Introductions Opening remarks from Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, and Marc Blanchard, Regional Vice President of the Scotia-Fundy Region Union...